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Deep learning method for prediction of patient-specific dose distribution in breast cancer

Radiation Oncology, 2021
Background Patient-specific dose prediction improves the efficiency and quality of radiation treatment planning and reduces the time required to find the optimal plan. In this study, a patient-specific dose prediction model was developed for a left-sided
Sang Hee Ahn, EunSook Kim, Chankyu Kim, Wonjoong Cheon, Myeongsoo Kim, Se Byeong Lee, Young Kyung Lim, Haksoo Kim, Dongho Shin, Dae Yong Kim, Jong Hwi Jeong   +10 more
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Feasibility of linac-based fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with up to ten brain metastases

Radiation Oncology, 2022
Background Linac-based fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (fSRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) are increasingly being used to manage patients with multiple metastases.
Masanori Hirata, Kazuaki Yasui, Naofumi Oota, Hirofumi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Onoe, Sayo Maki, Yusuke Ito, Kenji Hayashi, Hirofumi Asakura, Shigeyuki Murayama, Koichi Mitsuya, Shoichi Deguchi, Katsumasa Nakamura, Nakamasa Hayashi, Tetsuo Nishimura, Hideyuki Harada   +15 more
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Long-term survival after definitive proton beam therapy for oligorecurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Radical esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma has improved survival, but the rate of recurrence is high. Patients of recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after failure of chemotherapy have a poor prognosis.
Yojiro Ishikawa, Motohisa Suzuki, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Seto, Masanori Machida, Yoshiaki Takagawa, Keiichi Jingu, Yasuyuki Kikuchi, Masao Murakami   +8 more
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Successful treatment with proton beam therapy for a solitary sternal metastasis of breast cancer: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Breast cancer infrequently metastasizes to the sternum as solitary metastasis. We experienced successful treatment with proton beam therapy for a case of sternal metastasis of breast cancer.
Yojiro Ishikawa, Motohisa Suzuki, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Seto, Masanori Machida, Yoshiaki Takagawa, Keiichi Jingu, Yasuyuki Kikuchi, Masao Murakami   +8 more
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Adaptive radiation therapy [PDF]

Physics in Medicine and Biology, 1997
Adaptive radiation therapy is a closed-loop radiation treatment process where the treatment plan can be modified using a systematic feedback of measurements. Adaptive radiation therapy intends to improve radiation treatment by systematically monitoring treatment variations and incorporating them to re-optimize the treatment plan early on during the ...
D, Yan, F, Vicini, J, Wong, A, Martinez
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Intracoronary radiation therapy [PDF]

European Heart Journal, 2001
Over the past 15 years, despite a great deal of effort in assessing a variety of approaches, restenosis reduction has remained the most problematic complication of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Initial attempts focused on assessing systemic drugs including anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents, calcium antagonists and lipid ...
M Y, Salame, S, Verheye, I R, Crocker, N A, Chronos, K A, Robinson, S B, King   +5 more
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Pomiferin Exerts Antineuroinflammatory Effects through Activating Akt/Nrf2 Pathway and Inhibiting NF-κB Pathway

Mediators of Inflammation, 2022
Background. Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease, are mainly characterized by progressive motor, sensory, or cognitive dysfunction in patients.
Yan Zhao, Yuxuan Sang, Yanan Sun, Jie Wu
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The use of hyperbaric oxygen to treat actinic rectal fistula after SpaceOAR use and radiotherapy for prostate cancer: a case report

BMC Urology, 2020
Background In definitive radiation therapy for prostate cancer, the SpaceOAR® System, a hydrogel spacer, is widely used to decrease the irradiated dose and toxicity of rectum.
Tairo Kashihara, Koji Inaba, Motokiyo Komiyama, Hiroki Nakayama, Kotaro Iijima, Shie Nishioka, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Nao Kikkawa, Yuko Kubo, Satoshi Shima, Satoshi Nakamura, Ayaka Takahashi, Kana Takahashi, Kae Okuma, Naoya Murakami, Hiroshi Igaki, Yuko Nakayama, Arinobu Fukunaga, Yoshiyuki Matsui, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Jun Itami   +20 more
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Factors associated with overall survival, progression-free survival and toxicity in patients with small cell lung cancer and thoracic irradiation in a clinical real-world setting

Radiation Oncology, 2023
Background Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a malignant tumor known for its poor prognosis. In addition to chemotherapy and immunotherapy irradiation plays a big role especially in inoperability.
Marie-Theres Kassik, Dirk Vordermark, Christine Kornhuber, Daniel Medenwald   +3 more
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Clinical results of proton beam therapy for elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Radiation Oncology, 2018
Background The purpose of the present study was to evaluate retrospectively the efficacy and safety of proton beam therapy for elderly patients (≥80 years of age) with non-small cell lung cancer.
Takashi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Azami, Kanako Takayama, Motohisa Suzuki, Hitoshi Wada, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Masao Murakami, Kenji Nemoto   +9 more
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